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• the present invention relates to a ceric oxide with new morphological characteristics.
• the invention also relates to one of the methods for obtaining said oxide.
• specific surface is understood to mean the BET specific surface determined by nitrogen adsorption in accordance with standard ASTM D 3663-78 established on the basis of the BRUNAUER - EMMETT - TELLER method described in the "The Journal of American Society, 60 , 309 (1938)".
• ceric oxide can be used as a catalyst or catalyst support.
• the efficiency of a catalyst is generally the greater the greater the contact area between the catalyst and the reactants. To do this, it is necessary that the catalyst is kept in the most divided state possible, that is to say that the solid particles which compose it are as small and individualized as possible.
• the fundamental role of the support is therefore to maintain the particles of catalyst or crystallites in contact with the reactants, in the most divided state possible.
• R. ALVERO et al. J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans 1984, 87 obtained from ammonium cerinitrate, a ceric oxide having, after calcination at a temperature of 600 ° C., a specific surface of 29 m2 / g.
• Said oxide is prepared by hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of ceric nitrate in a nitric acid medium, then separation of the precipitate obtained, washing with an organic solvent, optionally drying, then calcination.
• the ceric oxide obtained has an interesting specific surface when it is prepared in a calcination temperature range from 300 to 600 ° C. However, there is a drop in the specific surface after calcination at a higher temperature, the specific surface being 10 m2 / g, after calcination at 800 ° C.
• FR-A 2559755 which relates to a ceric oxide having a specific surface of at least 85 ⁇ 5 m2 / g after calcination between 350 and 500 ° C and, preferably, between 150 and 180 m2 / g after calcination between 400 and 450 ° C.
• This oxide is obtained according to a process which consists in precipitating a basic ceric sulfate by reacting an aqueous solution of ceric nitrate and an aqueous solution containing sulfate ions, in separating the precipitate obtained, in washing it using a solution of ammonia, possibly drying it and then calcining it at a temperature varying between 300 and 500 ° C.
• the ceric oxide thus prepared has a large specific surface, but when it is subjected to a calcination operation at 800 ° C., its specific surface decreases considerably and is around 10 m2 / g.
• One of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a ceric oxide which has a large specific surface at high temperature.
• Another objective of the invention is to have a process making it possible to obtain such an oxide.
• the characteristic of the ceric oxide of the invention is that it has a specific surface of at least 15 m2 / g measured after calcination at a temperature between 800 and 900 ° C.
• the preferred ceric oxide of the invention has a specific surface of between 20 and 60 m2 / g measured after calcination at a temperature of 800 ° C.
• the ceric oxide has a specific surface of between 15 and 160 m2 / g measured after calcination at a temperature varying between 350 and 900 ° C.
• FIG. 1 represents a graph on which is plotted the curve (A) of variation of the specific surface (expressed in m2 / g) of a ceric oxide of the invention, as a function of the calcination temperature given in ° C.
• the ceric oxide of the invention has a specific surface of at least 15 m2 / g, measured after calcination at a temperature between 800 ° C and 900 ° C and a specific surface greater than said surface, after calcination at a temperature less than the above interval.
• a specific surface varying between 70 and 160 m2 / g and, preferably, between 100 and 160 m2 / g, measured after calcination between 350 and 450 ° C.
• it when it is subjected to a higher temperature of up to 900 ° C., when it is used, in particular in the field of catalysis, it has the characteristic of retaining a specific surface of at least 15 m2 / g and preferably between 20 and 60 m2 / g when it is subjected to a temperature of 800 ° C.
• the specific surfaces expressed are measured on a product which has undergone a calcination of at least 2 hours.
• ceric oxide of the invention has a pore volume greater than 0.1 cm3 / g at a measurement temperature between 800 and 900 ° C and, preferably, greater than 0.15 cm3 / g.
• the pore volume corresponding to pores with a diameter less than 60 nm (600 ⁇ ) is measured with a mercury porosimeter according to standard ASTM D4284-83 or according to the nitrogen adsorption isotherm method, B.E.T. cited above.
• the pore volume depends on the calcination temperature: it can vary between 0.35 and 0.15 cm3 / g for a calcination temperature ranging from 350 to 900 ° C.
• the preferred ceric oxide of the invention has a volume porous between 0.15 and 0.25 cm3 / g after calcination at a temperature of 800 ° C.
• the pore size of a ceric oxide calcined at 800 ° C ranges from 3 nm (30 ⁇ ) to 60 nm (600 ⁇ ): the average diameter (d50) of the pores varies between 20 nm (200 ⁇ ) and 30 nm (300 ⁇ ), preferably around 25 nm (250 ⁇ ).
• the mean diameter is defined as being a diameter such that all the pores smaller than this diameter constitute 50% of the total pore volume (Vp) of the pores of diameter less than 60 nm (600 ⁇ ).
• a ceric oxide calcined at 350 ° C. has pores from 2 nm (20 ⁇ ) to 100 nm (1000 ⁇ ): the average diameter varying from 10 nm (100 ⁇ ) to 20 nm (200 ⁇ ) and, preferably, close 15 nm (150 ⁇ ).
• the ceric oxide of the invention has a CeO2 type crystalline phase having a lattice parameter varying from 0.542 nm (5.42 ⁇ ) to 0.544 nm (5.44 ⁇ ).
• the size of the crystallites of a ceric oxide obtained after calcination at 350 ° C is between 4 nm (40 ⁇ ) and 6 nm (60 ⁇ ) and after calcination at 800 ° C, between 10 nm ( 100 ⁇ ) and 20 nm (200 ⁇ ).
• a ceric oxide with a large specific surface area at high temperature can be obtained by subjecting a ceric hydroxide or ceric oxide hydrate obtained by basic precipitation from a solution of a cerium salt under conditions well defined, to an autoclaving treatment carried out in water or in an aqueous solution of a decomposable base, before the calcination operation.
• a ceric hydroxide prepared according to the process described below which consists in reacting a solution of cerium salt and a base, possibly in the presence of an oxidizing agent, in separating the precipitate obtained, possibly to wash it, and / or dry it.
• the solution of cerium salt used can be any aqueous solution of cerium salt in a cerous and / or ceric state soluble under the conditions of preparation, in particular a solution of cerous chloride or cerium nitrate in cerous state or ceric or a mixture of them.
• the cerium salt solution is chosen so that it does not contain impurities which can be found in the calcined product. It may be advantageous to use a cerium salt having a degree of purity greater than 99%.
• the concentration of the cerium salt solution is not a critical factor, according to the invention, and it can vary within wide limits; a concentration of between 0.2 and 4 moles per liter is preferred.
• the cerium is introduced into the reaction medium in the cerous state and it is oxidized in the ceric state with an oxidizing agent.
• oxidizing agents which may be suitable, mention may in particular be made of solutions of perchlorate, chlorate, hypochlorite, sodium, potassium or ammonium persulfate, hydrogen peroxide or air, oxygen, ozone.
• perchlorate chlorate, hypochlorite, sodium, potassium or ammonium persulfate
• hydrogen peroxide or air, oxygen, ozone.
• oxygen preferably hydrogen peroxide is used.
• the proportion of oxidizing agent relative to the cerous salt to oxidize can vary within wide limits. It is, in general, greater than stoichiometry and preferably corresponds to an excess of between 10 and 40%.
• ceric nitrate generally has a certain initial acidity and can have a normality varying between 0.01 N and 5 N.
• the concentration of H+ ions is not critical. It is desirable that it is between 0.1 N and 1 N.
• a ceric nitrate solution obtained by the action of nitric acid on a hydrated ceric oxide prepared in a conventional manner, for example, by the action of nitric acid on cerous carbonate. and addition of an ammonia solution in the presence of an oxidizing agent, preferably hydrogen peroxide.
• ceric nitrate solution obtained according to the electrolytic oxidation process of a cerous nitrate solution and which is described in French patent application FR-A 2570087 (n ° 8413641) constitutes a raw material of choice.
• Precipitation of ceric hydroxide can be effected by reaction of the cerium salt solution and a basic solution.
• the basic solution used can in particular be an aqueous solution of ammonia or sodium hydroxide, potassium.
• An ammonia solution is preferably used.
• the normality of the basic solution used is not a critical factor according to the invention: it can vary within wide limits, and it will however advantageously be between 1 and 5 N, preferably 2 to 3 N.
• the amount of base added is determined so that the pH of the reaction medium is greater than 7. It is preferably chosen to be greater than 7.0 and less than approximately 10 and even more preferably between 7.5 and 9.0 .
• the temperature of the reaction medium must be understood, from preferably between 5 and 70 ° C, and more particularly between 40 and 70 ° C.
• the duration of mixing in the reaction medium is not a critical factor according to the invention and can vary within wide limits; generally, we will choose durations between 15 minutes and 2 hours.
• a precipitate is obtained which can be separated according to conventional solid / liquid separation techniques, such as decantation, spinning, filtration and / or centrifugation.
• the washing is carried out, preferably with water or with the aid of a basic solution preferably having a concentration of between 1 and 5 N.
• An ammonia solution is preferably used.
• One to several washes can be carried out and, most often, one to three washes.
• the separated and preferably washed ceric hydroxide can be used directly in the process of the invention. It is also possible to use a ceric hydroxide which has undergone a drying operation.
• the drying can be carried out in air or under reduced pressure, for example, of the order of 1 to 100 mm of mercury (133.322 Pa to 13332.2 Pa).
• the drying temperature can vary between room temperature and 100 ° C and the drying time is not critical and can be between 2 and 48 hours.
• the drying operation is optional and excessive drying is not desired.
• the preferred compound corresponds to formula (I) in which y is between 0 and 0.1. Even more preferably, X represents a nitrate anion.
• the preferred compound corresponding to formula (I) is prepared by reacting a solution of cerous chloride or nitrate and a solution of ammonia, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, to separate the precipitate obtained and to subject it to at least one washing , preferably with water.
• the proportion of base added is such that the reaction pH is greater than 7 and preferably between 7.5 and 9.
• the temperature of the reaction medium is chosen between 5 and 70 ° C., preferably between 40 and 70 ° C.
• ceric hydroxide obtained according to the process described above is preferably used in the process which is the subject of the present invention.
• ceric hydroxide is used in the form of a suspension in water or in an aqueous solution of a base decomposable under the calcination conditions of the invention.
• decomposable base is meant a compound having a pk b of less than 7 and capable of decomposing under the calcination conditions of the invention.
• ammonia, urea, ammonium acetate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium carbonate, or a primary, secondary, tertiary amine such as, for example, example, methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, n-butylamine, sec-butylamine, n-pentylamine, 2-amino pentane, 2-amino 2-methyl butane, 1-amino methyl -3 butane, diamino-1,2 ethane, diamino-1,2 propane, diamino-1,3 propane, diamino-1,4 butane, diamino-1,5 pentane, diamino-1,6 hexane, dimethylamine, diethylamine, trimethylamine, triethylamine or a quaternary amine such as, for example, a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide preferably having al
• a preferred variant of the process of the invention consists in using a solution of a decomposable base because it has been found, unexpectedly, that the fact of carrying out the autoclaving operation in such a medium allows not only to increase the specific surface of the ceric oxide obtained, but also to maintain a higher specific surface and pore volume up to temperatures of 900 ° C.
• a solution of ammonia, tetraalkylammonium hydroxide or their mixtures is used.
• the concentration of the latter is not a critical factor according to the invention. It can vary within wide limits, for example, between 0.1 and 11 N, but it is preferable to use solutions whose concentration varies between 1 and 10 N.
• the concentration of ceric hydroxide expressed as CeO2 can vary between 0.3 and 6 moles / liter, preferably between 2 and 3 moles / liter.
• the autoclaving operation is carried out at a temperature between the reflux temperature and the critical temperature of the reaction mixture.
• a temperature of between 100 ° C and 350 ° C is preferably chosen, and even more preferably between 150 ° C and 350 ° C.
• the temperature rise takes place at a speed which is not critical.
• the reaction temperature is reached by heating for example between 30 minutes and 4 hours.
• the process of the invention can be carried out by introducing the ceric hydroxide suspended in the liquid medium into a closed enclosure, the pressure therefore only results from the heating of the reaction mixture.
• the pressure varies between 1 (105 Pa) and 165 Bars (165.105 Pa) preferably between 5 (5. 105 Pa) and 165 Bars (165.105 Pa).
• the duration of the autoclaving operation is not critical. It can vary between 30 minutes and 6 hours.
• the system is allowed to cool to inertia and the system is brought back to atmospheric pressure.
• the product suspended in the liquid medium is separated according to conventional solid-liquid separation techniques such as decantation, spinning, filtration and / or centrifugation.
• the product collected can optionally be subjected to washing and / or drying under the conditions as previously described.
• the product obtained is calcined at a temperature between 300 ° C and 1000 ° C and, preferably, chosen between 350 ° C and 800 ° C.
• the duration of the calcination can vary within wide limits between 30 minutes and 10 hours and, preferably, between 2 and 6 hours.
• the ceric oxide according to the invention has a large specific surface at high temperature so that it is entirely suitable for the field of catalysis, as a catalyst or as a catalytic support.
• Examples 1 to 9 relate to the new ceric oxide of the invention and its process for obtaining.
• Tests A and B are given for comparison: they do not involve an autoclaving treatment.
• a reagent introduction system (dosing pump), 922 cm3 are introduced at 50 ° C of a cerous nitrate solution containing 179 g / l of CeO2 and 38 cm3 of a hydrogen peroxide solution at 200 volumes.
• reaction medium is maintained at 70 ° C for 1 hour.
• the beaker After homogenization of the latter in its medium, the beaker is placed in an autoclave with a useful volume of approximately 0.5 l.
• the whole is brought to 200 ° C, or about 16 bars (16.10, Pa) for 4 hours by means of appropriate heating.
• An average diameter of 4.5 nm (45 ⁇ ) is determined on the wet product, by X-ray diffraction.
• the specific surface area of the ceric oxide obtained and its pore volume ⁇ 60 nm ( ⁇ 600 ⁇ ) are then determined according to the methods defined in the description.
• X-ray diffraction is also carried out to determine the size of the crystallites perpendicular to directions 110 and 220.
• An average diameter of crystallites of 4 nm (40 ⁇ ) is determined on the wet product, by X-ray diffraction.
• the beaker After homogenization of the medium, the beaker is placed in the autoclave.
• the whole is brought to 200 ° C, or about 16 bars (16.105 Pa) for 3 hours by means of appropriate heating.
• the precipitate is filtered on Büchner.
• the specific surface and the pore volume of the ceric oxides obtained are then determined.
• reaction medium is maintained at 8 ° C for 1 hour.
• the separation of the precipitate is then carried out on Büchner and a washing with water is carried out.
• 150 g of ceric hydroxide prepared above are suspended in 150 cm3 of a 1N aqueous ammonia solution and subjected to an autoclave treatment for 4 hours .
• ceric oxides of the invention have high specific surfaces measured after calcination at 800 ° C.
• the mixing is carried out with stirring at 300 revolutions / minute and the residence time is 60 minutes.
• the flow rates of addition of the starting solutions are regulated so that the pH is maintained at 9.0.
• the precipitate formed is separated by Büchner filtration.
• a product is obtained containing 20% by weight of ceric oxide and having a crystallite size of less than 3 nm (30 ⁇ ).
• the assembly After homogenization of the latter in its medium, the assembly is brought to 200 ° C, or approximately 16 bars (16.105 Pa), for 3 hours by means of appropriate heating.
• the specific surface area of the ceric oxide obtained and its pore volume are then determined according to the methods defined in the description.

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